Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez buried their differences at the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremony of Bolivia's president-elect Evo Morales in La Paz on Sunday.

Their war of words flared up early this month after Chavez publicly expressed support to a nationalist candidate contesting Peru's April presidential elections.

"Chavez is a member of the community of Andean nations and a personal friend, the subject of our argument is over, as far as I am concerned," said Toledo who earlier accused Chavez of meddling in Peru's domestic affairs.

He added that Peruvian ambassador to Caracas, Carlos Urrutia, who was recalled, will return to work soon.

Toledo said he hoped future bilateral relations would develop smoothly, without the emergence of "another topic that could put obstacles in our path toward what we seek: regional union and integration."

Chavez said for his part that "he had nothing to resolve" with his Peruvian colleague. But he warned Peru's conservative presidential hopeful Lourdes Flores, whom he criticized as "the candidate of Peru's oligarchy," of the consequences of attacking him during her election campaign.

The Venezuelan president earlier praised Peru's Ollanta Humala, who tied Flores in opinion polls, for his nationalist policies at a meeting in Caracas.

Source: Xinhua